March 7, 2006

Ms. Reeve took on an increasingly prominent role after her husband's paralysis in a horse riding accident in 1996. Together, they created the Christopher Reeve Foundation, which drew on his fame as the actor in the "Superman" movies and the inspiration many drew from his struggle to raise and distribute over $55 million in research grants, much of it aimed at speeding the development of stem-cell treatments....

When Ms. Reeve announced her cancer, she said that "now, more than ever, I feel Chris with me as I face this challenge. I look to him as the ultimate example of defying the odds with strength, courage and hope in the face of life's adversities."

Accidents are fertile ground for Rehab technology to advance and both did very well in promoting awareness and the need to constantly improve and refine current rehabilitative medicine. Their spirit endures and lives on.

What was interesting was seeing a clip of her singing at the January retirement ceremony for Mark Messier... the cancer must have gone crazy between then and now for her to have been able to do that then, and then die so quickly.

I feel really terrible for all of the Reeves's children. I've never lost a parent, thank God, but losing two in public like that must be very difficult. Their children, especially Alex, who I knew in college, are in my thoughts. They had so much dignity!